Randall Bailey was a knockout artist with Charlo-esque precision. Solid, quality B-level fighter with dangerous power. That's the comparison.
Ali Funeka was a solid fighter with a good KO ratio. He was "The Indongo of his era" in that he had a light resume. His signature win was basically about who his opponent beat.
He was the only one to ever KO Zahir Raheem.
Zahir Raheem was 3 years out from outboxing a prime Erik Morales later in the same year that Morales dominated a prime Manny Pacquiao. Raheem that time was one of only three to beat Morales, Barrera 1 and Pacquiao 2 being the other two. It was a big deal at the time.
Funeka's win over Raheem was a big asterisk because he caught Raheem with a Khan-esque KO shot right at the bell and the ref blew the call. Blew it in the sense that he didn't count the eight, then just waved it. Right outcome, poorly done.
The Horninator can do anything he wants. 1st round will be reconnaissance; 2nd round he'll be doing the Ali shuffle and putting the shoe-shine on Crawford; 3rd round will be oxygen mask time for Bud.
Nah...there will be so much Horn blood flowing, the Red Cross will be backing it's truck up to take a donation.
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